Effect of Inhibitors on the Montmorillonite Clay-Catalyzed Formation of RNA: Studies on the Reaction Pathway

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Aug 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001oleb...31..381w&link_type=abstract

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, v. 31, Issue 4/5, p. 381-402 (2001).

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Catalysis, Montmorillonite, Prebiotic Catalysis, Rna Binding To Clay, Rna Formation, Rna Inhibition, Rna Oligomers

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The Langmuir adsorption isotherms of the phosphoroimidazolides of adenosine (ImpA) and uridine (ImpU), dA^5'ppdA and N^6, N^6-dimethyladenine binding on montmorillonite are consistent with their forming a monolayer on the clay surface. This suggests the condensation of ImpA and ImpU to oligomers proceeds on the surface of the clay and not in groups of monomers stacked on the clay surfaces. The binding and reactions of ImpU and ImpA on montmorillonite are blocked by N^6, N^6-dimethyladenine and dA^5'ppdA. dA^5'ppdA is a better inhibitor of oligomer formation than N^6, N^6-dimethyladenine because both adenine rings of dA^5'ppdA bind to the clay surface and block adjacent catalytic sites. An upper limit of 5-10 × 10^15 catalytic sites on 50 mg of clay was estimated from the binding of ImpU and the inhibition of oligomer formation by dA^5'ppdA.

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